MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Thursday, Aug. 19

The regular monthly meeting of Walker Democrats will be held outside on Thursday, Aug. 19, at 7:30 p.m., at the pocket park in LaFayette at 105 N. Main St., across the street from the Bank of LaFayette teller and Community Room. Bring a folding chair. The topic will be winning the next election—candidates and strategies. For more information, call 706-764-2801.

Saturday, Aug. 21

Center Post Community Center, 8125 Highway 337, LaFayette, will hold its monthly free music night on Saturday, Aug. 21, beginning at 7 p.m. Musical guests on stage will be Dr. Ted Scoggins and Dennis Brown. Everyone is invited to attend.

Sunday, Aug. 22

The Walker County Historical Society meeting Sunday, Aug. 22, at 3 p.m. will be an outdoor meeting at the John Ross House in Rossville to see the new Ecobox and improvements to the Duck Pond area. Susan Wells will discuss the process of conceptualizing, designing and placing the Ecobox, which has oral recordings of the history of the Ross family, the house and the area. Bring a folding chair. All meetings and membership (for $12/year) are open to the public. For more information, call 706-764-2801.

The Elizabeth Terrace Baptist Church, 600 Mohawk St., Rossville, will host its 78th anniversary and homecoming Sunday, August 22, at 10:30 a.m. Evangelist Jerry Atkins will preach with special music by Barry Rowland & Deliverance. Fellowship meal to follow. Pastor George Pinion and the members extend a cordial invitation to the public to attend.

Wesley Chapel Methodist Church, at 202 Trion Highway, LaFayette, will host Homecoming 2021 on Sunday, Aug. 22, at 10 a.m. Tom Bowen will bring the message. Guest Singers will be Open Heart Harmony. Lunch will follow. The public is invited to join the church members in worship, fellowship, singing and good food.

Tuesday, Aug. 24

Walker County Extension hosts a backyard flock webinar on Tuesday, Aug. 24, from 6-8 p.m. Join via Zoom for information about poultry breeds, feeds, needs, housing — everything chicken.

Registration is free and may be made by calling 706-6382548 or e-mailing walker.extension@uga.edu.

Applications are being accepted for food and craft vendors for Show and Sell at Rock Spring United Methodist Church on Sept. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact the church at 706-810-8199 for an application or more information.

Saturday, Aug. 28

American Legion LaFayette Post 339’s second annual Veterans Legacy Golf Tournament is Saturday, Aug. 28. Registration is at 8 a.m. and tee-off is at 9 a.m. The deadline to register is Aug. 15. The event is at the LaFayette Municipal Golf Course. Price: $75 per player and $300 for a four-person team. The money raised goes to helping local veterans and the community. For information, contact Alan Kubik at 423-903-8038 or by email to polprinz@yahoo.com.

Sunday, Aug. 29

Charles “Toonie” Cash will preach Sunday, Aug. 29, during the 6 p.m. service at Walnut Grove Baptist Church. With a home base of Johnson City, Tenn. “Toonie” is celebrating 49 years of evangelism and has presented the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in 18 states. Contact the church at 706-638-1377 or pastormike. evans123@gmail.com for more information.

Saturday, Sept. 4

The community is invited to attend the fourth annual Butterfly Festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, at Heritage High School at 3960 Poplar Springs Road in Ringgold from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The first Butterfly Festival took place Sept. 2, 2017, as a way to raise money for two scholarship funds dedicated to the memory of 18-year-old

Katie Beth Carter of Ringgold. Katie was killed in an automobile accident on her way from home, back to college at Jacksonville State University (JSU) in Alabama, on Labor Day in 2016. At this year’s Butterfly Festival there will be live music, local vendors, fun and games for the whole family, as well as a special butterfly release at the end of the event. The cost is $10 per person, with a $50 maximum per family. Children under age 3 are free. All proceeds will benefit the Katie Beth Carter Scholarship Fund and the ongoing work of Live & Love Ministries locally and globally. Over the last four years, Live & Love has provided meals for local families in need, provided Christmas presents for local families in need, supported multiple missionaries, helped provide water to the school campus named after Katie Beth in Nicaragua, provided scholarships to students at Jacksonville State University and Heritage High School, and hosted the community Butterfly Festival event. For more information on Live & Love Ministries, visit www. liveandloveministries.com.

Monday, Sept. 6

Walker County’s 2021 Labor Day Car and Motorcycle

Show, which will benefit the Al Millard Memorial Stocking Full of Love,

will be Monday, Sept. 6, at the Walker

County Civic Center at 10052 U.S. 27, Rock Spring. The event will include food vendors. For more information visit the Al Millard

Memorial Stocking Full of Love’s Facebook page, call 706-6381909 extension 1276, or email stockingfulloflove@gmail.com.